Meta scores $200k default win against alleged peddler of Instagram Likes

Meta scored a default judgment last week against a Belarusian developer who was alleged to have used a network of bots and Instagram accounts he controlled to deliver millions of automated likes to his customers' accounts. The order [PDF], handed down on Wednesday by US District Court Judge William Alsup, gave Meta the win …

[alain williams]

What did Meta really get ?

Holper is beyond the reach of the USA and so will not pay the fine. Neither will he stop creating bots & fake accounts.

Pity as my sympathies are with Meta. It does put a warning down for others who play such games & are more accessible.

I suppose that Holper will have to be careful when he travels outside Belarus, but that is about it.

[Phil Kingston]

Re: What did Meta really get ?

Yep, Meta never going to see a cent of that. And Holper will just carry on.

As usual, the owner winners are lawyers.

[Pascal Monett]

Oooh, the outrage of the guilty

"These blatant actions reflect the true nature of Western services and their attitude towards their users."

More like :

"These legal actions reflect the true nature of Western services and their attitude towards their abusers."

I'm the last person to support anything Zuck, but criminal scum are criminal scum and I have even less sympathy for them.